Middle Country Central School District elections (2014)

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2014 Middle Country Central School District Elections

General Election date:
May 20, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
New York
Middle Country Central School District
Suffolk County, New York ballot measures
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Three seats on the Middle Country Central School District Board of Education were up for general election on May 20, 2014. Incumbent board members Doreen Feldmann and Daniel Hill ran unopposed and won re-election. Fellow incumbent Debbie Parker defeated challenger Dawn Sharrock to retain her seat.

About the district

See also: Middle Country Central School District, New York
Middle Country Central School District is located in Suffolk County, New York

Middle Country Central School District is located in Suffolk County, New York. The county seat of Suffolk County is Riverhead, New York. Suffolk County is home to 749,606 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] Middle Country Central was the 14th-largest school district in New York, serving 10,163 students during the 2011-2012 school year.[2]

Demographics

Suffolk County underperformed in comparison to the rest of New York in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 32.6 percent of Suffolk County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 32.8 percent for New York as a whole. The median household income in Suffolk County was $87,778 compared to $57,683 for the state of New York. The poverty rate in Suffolk County was 6.1 percent compared to 14.9 percent for the entire state.[1]

Racial Demographics, 2012[1]
Race Suffolk County (%) New York (%)
White 85.8 71.2
Black or African American 8.2 17.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 1.0
Asian 3.7 8.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.7 2.2
Hispanic or Latino 17.3 18.2

2013 Party Affiliation, Suffolk County[3]
Party Registered Voters % of Total
Democratic 317,782 33.17
Republican 312,954 32.66
Independent 44,028 4.60
Constitution 22,240 2.32
Working Families 4,461 0.47
Green 1,746 0.18
Other 460 0.05
Unaffiliated 254,494 26.55

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The Middle Country Central Board of Education consists of nine members. All members are elected to three-year terms. Board members are elected at-large by the district as a whole, but each seat on the board is considered distinct and elected separately.[4] Ballotpedia has assigned generic titles to all nine seats on the board to prevent confusion. These seat titles are arbitrary and do not reflect the status or seniority of the board members holding them. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 20, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014 and three seats will be up for election in 2015.[5]

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was April 21, 2014. Candidates had to file nominating petitions with at least 77 legitimate signatures to get on the ballot.[6]

Elections

2014

Candidates

Seat 1 (Feldmann seat)

Seat 2 (Hill seat)

Seat 3 (Parker seat)

Election results

Middle Country Central School District, Seat 1 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDoreen Feldmann Incumbent 100% 1,914
Total Votes 1,914
Source: Times Beacon Record, "2014 school board election and budget vote results," May 20, 2014


Middle Country Central School District, Seat 2 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Hill Incumbent 100% 1,809
Total Votes 1,809
Source: Times Beacon Record, "2014 school board election and budget vote results," May 20, 2014


Middle Country Central School District, Seat 3 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDebbie Parker Incumbent 57.7% 1,352
     Nonpartisan Dawn Sharrock 42.3% 992
Total Votes 2,344
Source: Times Beacon Record, "2014 school board election and budget vote results," May 20, 2014

Endorsements

No candidates received endorsements for their campaigns.

Campaign finance

No candidates filed campaign finance reports with the New York State Board of Elections during the election.[7][8]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Middle Country Central School District election in 2014:[6]

Deadline Event
April 21, 2014 Last day to file nominating petitions
May 20, 2014 Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with a budget proposal made by the Middle Country Central School District. The 2014-2015 budget proposal totaled up to $232,035,973, which was a 2.96 percent increase from the 2013-2014 budget. Voters approved the budget proposal.[9]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes